Perl version mismatch (5.6.0 vs 5.6.1)

RT Users
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Folks:

I have fallen and can’t get up. I have been running RT 2.0.9 successfully for
many months. I’ve been trying to keep up with system updates on my RH 7.2
system, using up2date -u.

A power failure over the weekend knocked the RT box off the air. Now that we’ve
restored the power, everything is working except that I can’t get the RT web
server on the air.

When I attempt a “/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start”, I get the following
error message:

[root@blitz1 i386-linux]# /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
[Mon May 20 14:43:27 2002] [error] Perl lib version (v5.6.1) doesn’t match
executable version (v5.6.0) at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/Config.pm line 21.
… blah blah blah…

My guess is that up2date has updated my perl to 5.6.1, but since I’d never
restarted, the old (5.6.0) perl was running happliy.

My questions:

  1. Is my assumption above correct? (that the upgrade to 5.6.1 has left the 5.6.0
    directory unusable)

  2. Does anyone know how to make perl switch to using the stuff in
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1, instead of using /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0?

Many thanks!

Rich Brown richard.e.brown@dartware.com
Dartware, LLC http://www.dartware.com
25 S. Main St, PO Box 130 Telephone: 603-643-2268
Hanover, NH 03755-0130 USA Fax: 603-643-2289

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“REB” == Richard E Brown Richard.E.Brown@DARTWARE.COM writes:

REB> [root@blitz1 i386-linux]# /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
REB> [Mon May 20 14:43:27 2002] [error] Perl lib version (v5.6.1) doesn’t match
REB> executable version (v5.6.0) at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/Config.pm line 21.
REB> … blah blah blah…

REB> My guess is that up2date has updated my perl to 5.6.1, but since I’d never
REB> restarted, the old (5.6.0) perl was running happliy.

mod_perl embeds perl into your apache. If you upgrade perl around it,
you need to re-build mod_perl to use the upgraded perl stuff (ie, you
have to update the embedded perl bits within apache).

Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc.
Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497
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